horseshoe bat

British  

noun

1. any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae

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The work was made possible by the first laboratory-grown lung cell line developed from the greater horseshoe bat.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026

Scientists in Nyungwe National Park recently captured a Hill’s horseshoe bat, a species last spotted by scientists in 1981.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 6, 2022

The finding, reported in a paper released Friday that's under consideration for publication, shows that viruses closely related to the virus exist in nature, including in several Rhinolophus, or horseshoe bat, species.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021

The researchers believed they were on the cusp of a breakthrough, racing to sequence the genes of the coronaviruses they'd extracted from the horseshoe bat and to begin work on vaccines.

From Salon ● May 10, 2020

One day I explored some caves in the sandstone cliffs at Port Albany in quest of bats, and was fortunate enough to get quite a new Rhinolophus or horseshoe bat.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John